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[NET] netpoll: don't spin forever sending to stopped queues

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When transmitting a skb in netpoll_send_skb(), only retry a limited number
of times if the device queue is stopped.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge 2006-06-26 00:03:40 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent d83561a4d6
commit 8834807b43
1 changed files with 3 additions and 7 deletions
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net/core/netpoll.c
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@ -279,14 +279,10 @@ static void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
* network drivers do not expect to be called if the queue is
* stopped.
*/
if (netif_queue_stopped(np->dev)) {
netif_tx_unlock(np->dev);
netpoll_poll(np);
udelay(50);
continue;
}
status = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
if (!netif_queue_stopped(np->dev))
status = np->dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, np->dev);
status = np->dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, np->dev);
netif_tx_unlock(np->dev);
/* success */